Epithelial growth factor and decompressive testicular fasciotomy to control ischemia reperfusion injury in rats.

Purpose: Testicular torsion is an urological emergency and an important cause of male infertility. Recent studies have shown that not only ischemia, but also the restoration of blood flow creates a deleterious situation for the testis. The goal of this work was to evaluate the role of systemic epithelial growth factor application and its association with decompressive fasciotomy in tissue recovery of the testes undergoing the torsion of the spermatic cord.

[Correlation between iodine urinary levels and pathological changes in thyroid glands].

Objectives: To determine iodine nutrition in the population and to correlate levels of iodine found in random samples of urine with pathological changes observed in thyroids collected in this population.

Materials And Methods: Urinary iodine was determined in 30 random samples of urine and the pathological study was carried out in 55 thyroid glands from corpses received by the Department of Forensic Medicine of Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil from May to August 2011.

Results: In 29 urine samples (96.

Decompressive fasciotomy in testicular torsion of the spermatic cord in rats.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of decompression fasciotomy on testes undergoing torsion of the spermatic cord.

Methods: Spermatic cord torsion was induced in 40 Wistar testes for six and 12 hours. At the time of distortion, decompression fasciotomy was performed on half of the animals.